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Support swells for vital university research using fetal tissue and cells

December 15, 2015

Nearly 1,000 scientists and staff joined a growing chorus of objections to a state proposal to ban the use of fetal tissue in life-saving biomedical research. Read More

WARF announces additional grant to benefit IT, energy institute

December 15, 2015

An additional grant of $20 million to the UW–Madison campus was announced by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) Board of Trustees this week. WARF’s grant will help support important IT infrastructure commitments that are essential to the university’s research and academic mission. Also benefitting from the additional funds will be the Wisconsin Energy Institute (WEI). Read More

UW System Regents, officials tour Waisman Center

December 15, 2015

UW System officials recently toured the Waisman Center, known for its groundbreaking work helping people with developmental disabilities and neurodegenerative disorders. Read More

Greenhouse gas emissions from freshwater higher than thought

December 14, 2015

Do not underestimate the babbling brook. When it comes to greenhouse gases, these bucolic water bodies have the potential to create a lot of hot air. Read More

First serotonin neurons made from human stem cells

December 14, 2015

Su-Chun Zhang, a pioneer in developing neurons from stem cells, has created a specialized nerve cell that makes serotonin. Read More

WARF and investment team honored with industry innovation award

December 10, 2015

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) has been presented with a 2015 Industry Innovation Award in the foundation category by Chief Investment Officer magazine. Read More

New way to make yeast hybrids may inspire new brews, biofuels

December 4, 2015

About 500 years ago, the accidental natural hybridization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the yeast responsible for things like ale, wine and bread, and a distant yeast cousin gave rise to lager beer. Read More

Cosmic Radio Bursts yield first clues about their origins

December 2, 2015

With the help of the world’s largest steerable radio telescope, a team of researchers that includes a University of Wisconsin–Madison physicist has produced the first detailed portrait of a Fast Radio Burst — a brief but highly energetic pulse of radio waves from unknown sources in the distant universe. Read More

Researchers forge primitive human leukemia cells in lab

December 1, 2015

By generating cells with the properties of primitive human leukemia cells, researchers have established a model for studying chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) stem cells, potentially leading to better treatment options. Read More

‘Live from Paris’ will connect Wisconsin with UN climate conference

November 24, 2015

Faculty and state business leaders in Paris to attend COP21 (Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) will connect to campus via video conferencing for a live discussion. Read More

AAAS honors five UW–Madison engineers and physicists as fellows

November 23, 2015

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society, has elected five UW–Madison faculty members as fellows based on their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science. Read More

UW-Madison storage ring designated as historic site

November 16, 2015

The world's first dedicated source of synchrotron radiation, an electron storage ring named Tantalus, has been designated an historic site by the American Physical Society. Read More

UW-Madison bioethicist co-chairs gene editing study

November 13, 2015

R. Alta Charo, a professor of law and longtime student of the regulation and ethics of biotechnology, was named co-chair of a study committee established Nov. 12 by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to look into the implications of a faster, easier and more precise method for "editing" genes. Read More

Minuscule, flexible compound lenses magnify large fields of view

November 3, 2015

Drawing inspiration from an insect's multi-faceted eye, University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers have created miniature lenses with vast range of vision. Read More

Radiolab’s Soren Wheeler to be fall Science Writer in Residence

November 3, 2015

Soren Wheeler, an author and senior editor at Radiolab, has been named UW–Madison’s fall 2015 Science Writer in Residence. Read More